Discovery BoxLuke 1:20 
Context1:20 And now, 1 because you did not believe my words, which will be fulfilled in their time, 2 you will be silent, unable to speak, 3 until the day these things take place.”
Luke 1:45
Context1:45 And blessed 4 is she who believed that 5 what was spoken to her by 6 the Lord would be fulfilled.” 7
1 tn Grk “behold.”
2 sn The predicted fulfillment in the expression my words, which will be fulfilled in their time takes place in Luke 1:63-66.
3 sn Silent, unable to speak. Actually Zechariah was deaf and mute as 1:61-63 indicates, since others had to use gestures to communicate with him.
4 sn Again the note of being blessed makes the key point of the passage about believing God.
5 tn This ὅτι (Joti) clause, technically indirect discourse after πιστεύω (pisteuw), explains the content of the faith, a belief in God’s promise coming to pass.
6 tn That is, “what was said to her (by the angel) at the Lord’s command” (BDAG 756 s.v. παρά A.2).
7 tn Grk “that there would be a fulfillment of what was said to her from the Lord.”
sn This term speaks of completion of something planned (2 Chr 29:35).
